Thread by @DoctorMayJay

When I was 7 yrs old, my cousin Sameera died from #leukaemia

She was 15 & initially we thought she had the ‘flu

There were no curative treatments in the 80’s & she sadly died

I was heartbroken

In our faith, people gather at the family home to pay their respects

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After school, I would go & visit my aunt & cousins

The front door was always open

People would come & join in prayers

And I remember our childhood #GP , Dr Minwalla, coming after surgery

He wasn’t #Muslim but was very much our family dr & came every evening

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He would come in, take off his shoes & just sit in the corner with a cup of tea

I remember his burgundy socks & sometimes he would smile at me as I said a prayer on little colourful beads

He’d stay for a bit & then head home

At the time, I thought this was rather special

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But little did I know, Dr Minwalla would actually be my inspiration for the kind of dr I wanted to be

A proper family doctor!

Imagine my delight when yrs later, I bumped into him at a wedding

“I delivered you when you were born upside down” he said. “What do you do now?”

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“I’m a #GP” I said, and then embarrassed him by calling him my hero!

Meeting your role model is a wonderful feeling

Dr Minwalla, you are amazing! 😎

#TeamGP

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